Merry Month of May

Hello...hello dear friends of Scrapmatts!

A big warm welcome to May, with our wonderful team.

May is a great month.

The Scrapmatts Retreat is on in Neville, NSW

(3rd-6th May, 2018)

Mother's Day

and (cough, my birthday!)

It's going to be awesome

Last but not least your going to be inspired by our amazingly talented designers.

Now, I want to share with you two of my latest creations

A layout and a card.

The card is inspired by Mother's Day

 Leaf Spray Stencil 

Windows 

Assorted Words 24 

Here is my layout.

{Hot X Buns) 

 For something a little different I have used material as part of my background.

  Texture paste, a couple of the Scrapmatts stencils, and also some ink, plus some machine stitching.

 It's fun to try something a little different......using different textures.

 

Stencil 9008

Stencil Plus Signs

Wildflower 04

I hope you have enjoyed looking at my creations, please be sure to pop back in a couple of days to see more inspiration from our team members!

Head over to the 

SCRAPMATTS ONLINE STORE

to see all of their amazing products!

Thanks so much for stopping by

Wishing all Mum's a wonderful day on Mother's Day

Hope you get very...very spoilt

Love a Hugs 

 

Welcome to November @ Scrapmatts!

Hello, hello.....dear friends of Scrapmatts!!

Kim here to kick off the month with a few of my recent creations!

Today I will be sharing a layout & a few cards!

The layout I am sharing today is one I had planned on entering into last months (October) challenge over at Kraft+.......The Challenge was called: I Can See Clearly Now

It involved using something see-through on your layout.

As most of you would know, I have been creating a lot of shaker cards & shaker tags lately, so I thought 'Why not do a sort of, Shaker layout???

Here is what I came up with.

 Love this photo of my grandsons, Flynn & Angus

(photo taken by Hannah)

 Scrapmatts Products Used:

Splatter Stencil (ST5010)

Plus Signs Stencil (ST1032)

Stars 03 (CB1223)

Assorted Words 30 (CB6117)

Assorted Words 18 (CB6095)

 

Next I have a Shaker Christmas card!

 With Shaker cards & tags you can add even more Scrapmatts,

 behind the window!

Scrapmatts Products used;

Christmas Shapes 01 (CB5145) 

Assorted Words 19 (CB6097) 

Christmas Ornaments 14 (CB1228) 

Stars 03 (CB1223)

 

A Birthday card

Scrapmatts Products used:

Ornate Frames 18 (CB6090) 

Scrap Words 29 (CB1243) 

Circles Stencil (ST5011) 

  

 And finally a Halloween Shaker Card.

Scrapmatts Products used:

Hinges 02 (CB1125) 

The little spider is from the

Australian Federation Screen Doors 03 (CB5068) 

I do hope you have enjoyed looking through my creations?

Make sure you pop back every couple of days 

to see what our other Design Team members have been creating....

I'm sure you will be seeing some amazing inspiration & with Christmas just around the corner I am

sure you will be inspired to get your Christmas craft on, whether you are creating Christmas cards or making your own decorations make sure you check out the awesome range of Christmas Stencils & Chipboard at 

Scrapmatts

Love & Hugs

 

 

Creating with Scrapmatts and C.S.I.

Hello there,
Can you believe we are in August, my word this year is flying by... I hope you are getting some creative time to enjoy each month!!?

Last month Scrapmatts was a generous sponsor of the challenges over at CSI : Color, Stories, Inspiration and as a part of the Scrapmatts Design Team I joined in too, using wonderful products from the SCRAPMATTS STORE.

The first challenge for July was this one..
to use the colors, at least three clues and one testimony..  and this is what I created.

Some closer views.

Fabulous stencilling using the Stencil Triangles.

I love the Floral Design embossed in pink glitter.

And also the Lavender was embossed in pink too and layered over the Triangle chipboard.

Happiness is here!

And here is a list of the SCRAPMATTS products I have used for this layout..

ST5032 Stencil Triangles 

 

CB6117 Assorted Words 30 

 

CB1118 Floral Design 05 

 

CB5158 Triangles 03 

  

CB5165 Lavender 01 

    

The second layout I created for the C.S.I. Challenge was for this challenge..

 

This challenge had a lovely summery feel to the colors and so I used a photo from a beach holiday.. And this was my take on the challenge using SCRAPMATTS products..

Some closer views..

I added some texture to the back ground using the Plus Sign Stencil which matched the plus sign stamp!!

There are lots of beachy themed chipboards to use on your creations..

and my layout..

and here is a list of the Scrapmatts I have used for this layout..

ST1032 Stencil Plus Signs 

 

CB1232 Film Strips 05 

 

CB1221 Nautical Designs 04 

 

CB6061 Shells 01 

 

CB6065 Nautical Designs 02 

 

CB6087 Assorted Words 15 

 

CB6061 Shells 01 

  

You can check all these products at the SCRAPMATTS STORE and make sure you come back and see what the other Design Team Members are creating and sharing on the blog.. 

Until next time... Happy creating..

Mixed Media with Scrapmatts!

Hello there! Here we are in June!! The year is flying by! I hope you are getting some creative time!!

I have been having a bit of fun with mixed media which is simply using a variety of media to create art.. or in our case, our scrapbooking!!

I got a scrap piece of paper and began to use some modelling paste and some fabulous stencils..

Then I covered the whole piece of paper with gesso.. This makes the paper able to hold the wet mediums which I used next..

When that was completely dry I sprayed it with mist..

When that was completely dry I mat this on some black cardstock and then mat that onto my card face..
I added some more stencilling, some mesh, some old die cuts left over from another project, my chipboard pieces which were painted in black gesso , added some flowers and I created a fabulous card!!

These are the Scrapmatts products I have used for my card...

ST1032 Stencil Plus Signs
 

ST1003 Stencil Sticks
 

ST5005 Stencil Patterns


ST1013 Stencil Borders
 

ST5044 Stencil Circles


ST1028 Stencil Flowers
 

CB6036 Dress Forms 01


CB6102 Assorted Words 21


       

I would also like to share a layout I created using mixed media also.  I have used a selection of stencils for the back ground. I have used quite a few chipboard pieces too...  I will share some closer views to show some of the details..

I can never have enough of the cogs, just love them!! Painted with brown paint and dabbed with gesso..
I have used the 3 sizes of the Hexagon stencil on the back ground..

I love the Federation Corners painted in white gesso, which matched the era of the house..

My layout... Family..

Here is a list of the Scrapmatts products I have used on my layout..

ST9002 Hexagon Stencil 3 sizes
 

ST1017 Stencil Numbers
 

CB2013 Page Border 11


CB1127 Australian Federation Corners 03
 

CB6105 Assorted Words 23
 

CB5106 Chevrons 01
 

Thank you for coming by and checking out my Scrapmatts creations this month, remember you can get all these products and so much more at the ONLINE STORE HERE!!! 

Happy Creating!!